There are few articles in families more subject to waste, whether in
paring, boiling, or being actually wasted, than potatoes; and there
are few cooks who do not boil twice as many potatoes every day as are
wanted, and fewer still who do not throw the residue away as being
totally unfit in any shape for the next day's meal; yet if they would
take the trouble to beat up the despised cold potatoes with an equal
quantity of flour, they would find them produce a much lighter
dumpling or pudding than they can make with flour alone: and by the
aid of a few spoonfuls of good gravy, they will provide a cheap and
agreeable appendage to the dinner table.
[EVERY RECEIPT IS THE BASIS OF MANY OTHERS.]